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About English

About English

The Department of English offers a wide variety of courses covering
three linked and overlapping areas: literature written in English; drama,
including courses in dramatic literature and courses that introduce the
student to the basic elements of theatrical performance; and cultural studies,
including analysis of a variety of visual and verbal media. These three areas
are integrally related, and all students in English Department programs are
invited to do work in all three, while concentrating in one of them.

Note: Students intending to apply for Honours, or already accepted, should
consult an Honours adviser regarding their course selections throughout their
program.

Department Handbook
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Department of English Student Association (DESA)

Department of English Student Association (DESA)

DESA is the representative body for the students of the English
Department at McGill. Any student taking one or more courses in the Department
is automatically a member. For more information, please refer to www.mcgill.ca/english/undergrad/desa.

The Minor Concentration English - Literature may be expanded to the Major Concentration English - Literature.
For the most up-to-date information on Department requirements and detailed course descriptions, please see the English Department Handbook at http://www.mcgill.ca/english/.

The Minor Concentration English - Drama and Theatre may be expanded to the Major Concentration English - Drama and Theatre.
For the most up-to-date information on Department requirements and detailed course descriptions, please see the English Department Handbook at http://www.mcgill.ca/english/.

The Minor Concentration English - Cultural Studies may be expanded to the Major Concentration English - Cultural Studies.
For the most up-to-date information on Department requirements and detailed course descriptions, please see the English Department Handbook at http://www.mcgill.ca/english/.

The Literature option provides a grounding in the basic texts and methods of the discipline as well as wide acquaintance with substantial areas of the field.
For the most up-to-date information on Department requirements and detailed course descriptions, please see the English Department Handbook at http://www.mcgill.ca/english/.

The Drama and Theatre option tries to place its subject in as broad a social and philosophical context as possible. The Drama and Theatre program is not designed to provide professional theatre training. The aim is rather to encourage students to explore the subject as a liberal arts discipline.
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The Cultural Studies option concentrates on analysis of forms of cultural expression and symbolic interaction, and of the various media through which these may be disseminated and transformed. Such study concerns symbolic form, aesthetically based forms of analysis, and the various modes of criticism and theory relevant to media which contain both verbal and non...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Honours English - Literature
(60 credits)

Entry to Honours is by application, normally after two terms in a Departmental program, including at least 18 credits of English. The Faculty of Arts requires that all students admitted to Honours programs complete a second program minor in addition to their Honours program.
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Entry to Honours is by application, normally after two terms in a Departmental program, including at least 18 credits of English. The Faculty of Arts requires that all students admitted to Honours programs complete a second program minor in addition to their Honours program.
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Entry to Honours is by application, normally after two terms in a Departmental program, including at least 18 credits of English. The Faculty of Arts requires that all students admitted to Honours programs complete a second-program minor in addition to their Honours program.
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Students who wish to study at the Honours level in two Arts disciplines may apply to combine Joint Honours program components from two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs." Applications to do a Joint Honours program in English and another subject in the Faculty of Arts...

Students who wish to study at the Honours level in two Arts disciplines may apply to combine Joint Honours program components from two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs." Applications to do a Joint Honours program in English and another subject in the Faculty of Arts...

Students who wish to study at the Honours level in two Arts disciplines may apply to combine Joint Honours program components from two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs". Applications to do a Joint Honours program in English and another subject in the Faculty of Arts...

Admission Requirements to the Joint Honours Program – English
Component

Admission Requirements to the Joint Honours Program –
English Component

Applications will be considered by the Department’s Honours Committee on
the basis of the student’s program GPA, at a minimum of 3.50. The application
form is available in the Department’s General Office (Arts 155), and the
specific submission requirements are described by that form. The application
will take some time to prepare, and allowance for such preparation (at least
several weeks) must be made in order to meet the application deadline.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Acceptance into Joint Honours English may be conditional on particular
revisions to the Program Course Proposal to be submitted with the application
form. This proposal goes on file in the General Office with the other
submissions. Only course choices that are appropriate, given the nature of the
Joint Honours program proposed, including the Honours Essay if applicable, will
be approved. In order to graduate with Joint Honours, all subsequent course
substitutions in the initially approved Joint Honours English program must be
endorsed by the Joint Honours Adviser when they are made (i.e., at the start of
each term) and entered on the Program Course Proposal with the Adviser’s
initialled approval.

For more information and to download the application form, please refer to our website.